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An Epidemiologic Investigation of Potential Risk Factors for Nodding Syndrome in Kitgum District, Uganda Jennifer L. Foltz1*, Issa Makumbi2, James J. Sejvar3, Mugagga Malimbo2, Richard Ndyomugyenyi2, Anne Deborah Atai-Om
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Washington D.C. / Bethesda / Kampala / Hoboken / Washington / DC / Atlanta / Entebbe / Kitgum / /

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Gillette / Southern Sudan Medical Journal / IgG / NIH Laboratory / HP / Creative Commons / John Wiley & Sons / /

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Africa / /

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Uganda / Tanzania / Liberia / Sudan / Guinea / United States / /

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Uganda Virology Research Institute / Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases / Institute of Medicine / Emory University / Children’s Hospital of Atlanta Cytology Laboratory / Joseph’s Hospital / Makerere University / Institute of Neuroepidemiology / Makerere University College of Health Sciences / NIH Laboratory of Parasitic Disease / SAS Institute / Coordinating Center / Uganda Virus Research Institute / Prince Leopold Institute / /

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St. Joseph / /

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trypanosomiasis / CNS disease / invasive infection / seizures / gross cognitive impairment / measles / O. volvulus / Eye Chem Immunol Allergy / previously reported measles / onchocerciasis / mass onchocerciasis / unusual syndrome / highly prevalent seizure disorders / diarrhea / epidemics / measles PCR / visual hallucinations / chronic malnutrition / illness / prior measles / experimental vitamin B6 deficiency / neurologic illness / tonic-clonic seizures / Clinical characteristic Visual Hallucinations ‘ Auditory Hallucinations / unexplained illness / early childhood epilepsy / progressive seizures / malnutrition / pneumonia / nutritional disorders / pyridoxine-dependent seizures / volvulus / genetic disease / Malaria / Hepatitis E / CDC Measles / onchocerciasis infection / nutritional deficiencies / distinct seizure / mass hysteria / progressive neurological illness / cysticercosis / auditory hallucinations / Onchocerca volvulus / apparent vitamin B6 deficiency / Rubella / aberrant measles virus infection / psychogenic illness / HIV/AIDS / Positive onchocerciasis / epileptic seizure / Malnutrition Pneumonia Diarrhea / epilepsy / infection / CDC Gastroenteritis / Epidemic curve depicting time course / Convulsive seizures / TB / CSF inflammation / Mumps / river blindness / apparent seizures / CSF measles PCR / potential disease / African epilepsy / subacute sclerosing panencephalitis / infectious agents / Head injury / Unusual illness / ataxia / pyridoxine-responsive seizures / disease / acute malnutrition / such an isolated vitamin deficiency / post-traumatic stress / clinical and subclinical seizures / Vitamin B6 deficiency / infectious diseases / eye disease / Syndrome / genetic disorders / /

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herbal medicines / /

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National Research Council / Uganda Virus Research Institute / World Health Organization / Division of Global HIV/AIDS / Division of Global Disease Detection / Institute of Neuroepidemiology and Tropical Neurology / Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases / Coordinating Center for Environmental Health and Injury Prevention / Kitgum Town Council / Children’s Hospital of Atlanta Cytology Laboratory / Medicine / Food and Nutrition Board / Emory University / United States Agency for International Development / School of Medicine / Kitgum District Health Office / United Nations Children’s Fund / Division of Nutrition / Physical Activity and Obesity / Prince Leopold Institute / Makerere University / Ministry of Health / Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects / National Institute of Health / Uganda Virology Research Institute / Institute of Medicine / CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases Branch / Tropical Medicine Parasite Diagnostics Unit / National Academy of Sciences / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / St. Joseph’s Hospital / Makerere University College of Health Sciences / SAS Institute / Family / /

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Response Branch / Pierre-Marie Preux / Usha Mandava / Anthony Begumisa / Mark Hansey / Eugene Kinyanda / Michael Conceived / Anne Deborah / William Lali / Sandra L. Helmers / ADA LNA BA PM AMK / Ehrenberg Helmers / Charles Dodson / Bush / Christine Pfeiffer / Joseph Kubofcik / /

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repetitive head / author / Acknowledgments Author / stereotypic head / Hb / Editor / /

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B6 / Niacin / vitamin A / /

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Kitgum District / Nova Scotia / Georgia / Maryland / Grand Bassa County / South Dakota / Mundri County / Kitgum / /

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PLoS ONE / /

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west Uganda / southern Sudan / Northern Uganda / South Sudan / Sub-Saharan Africa / Western Uganda / southern Tanzania / /

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Radiation / magnetic resonance imaging / antibodies / /

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www.plosone.org / /

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